Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	henry_n	king_n	stephen_n	5,689	5	11.2407	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31348	Catholicism without popery an essay to render the Church of England a means and a pattern of union to the Christian world.	Hooke, John, 1655-1712.	1699 (1699)	Wing C1497; ESTC R8878	84,579	258

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